New York Islanders (5-2-2) vs. Minnesota Wild (7-3)
November 7, 2021 8:00 pm EDT
The Line: Minnesota Wild -125 / New York Islanders +105; Over/Under: 5.5
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The New York Islanders and the Minnesota Wild meet in NHL action from the Xcel Energy Center on Sunday.
The New York Islanders will look to build off of back-to-back wins after a 2-0 win over Winnipeg last time out. Brock Nelson has a team-high 9 points including 7 goals while Anthony Beauvillier has 7 points with 3 goals and 4 assists. Josh Bailey has 6 points with a team-high 5 assists while Oliver Wahlstrom has 5 goals and Kyle Palmieri has 5 assists of his own. Adam Pelech also has a team-best +8 plus/minus rating this season. Ilya Sorokin has made all of New York’s starts in goal, going 5-2-2 with a 2.23 GAA and a .939 save percentage this season.
The Minnesota Wild will attempt to build off of back-to-back wins of their own after a 5-4 win over Pittsburgh last time out. Kirill Kaprizov leads the Wild with 10 points including a team-high 8 assists while Marcus Foligno has a team-high 4 goals as well as 4 assists. Mats Zuccarello and Matt Dumba each have 7 points while Joel Eriksson Ek has 6 points with 4 goals of his own on the year. Ryan Hartman also has a team-best +5 plus/minus rating as well this season. Cam Talbot’s started the bulk of Minnesota’s action in goal, going 7-2 with a 2.72 GAA and a .904 save percentage this season.
New York is 23-9 in their last 32 games played on no rest and 1-5 in their last 6 games as a road underdog while the under is 21-4-2 in their last 27 Sunday games. Minnesota is 23-7 in their last 30 home games and 40-18 in their last 58 games as a favorite while the over is 11-1 in their last 12 games as a home favorite.
I get the case to be made either way here, but I’m going to side with the under. The Islanders have had scoring issues and as it is, both teams tend to play a lower-scoring style of hockey. I think this game shapes up to be a physical, tight affair, so give me the under in this one.
